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Sept. 1, 1925.

I 1,552,134 S. FREY CAN led l darch 28, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet J IN V ENTOR.

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Se t. 1,1925. 1,552,134 s. FREY CAN I Filed uarbh 28 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet2 I N VEN TOR.

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' Patented Sept. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES sremunn user, or Los AHGELES, cemronma.

CAIN.

Application filed March 2a, 1923. Serial 1%. 628,211.

.State of California, have invented a new and useful Can, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to cans of the type employed for holding garbage,lard and other substances. Y

An object of .the invention is to so construct the cans that they may bereadily superposed to form a straight tier of cans that will be secureagainst toppling over.

Another object is to detachably secure the coversto the can bodies by acomparatively simple device.

A further object is to make provision for automatically forcing up thelidby' opera- ,tion of the bail of the can.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention:

Figure 1 is an elevation showing superposed cans constructed inaccordance with the provisions of this invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmental sectional elevation of the cans shownin Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental elevation, partly in section, showing the canprovided with a modification of the device for detachably holding thecover in place.

Fig. i is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the can provided with astill different modification of the de vice for detachably holding thecover in place.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the can cover provided witha modification of the device for detachably holding the cover in place.

Fig. 6 is a fragmental side elevation of one of the cans shown in Figure1 with the bail raised into position to loosen the cover.

' Fig. 7 is a'seotional elevation of Fig ure. 6. Fig. 8 is a fragmentalside elevation, similar to Figure 6, showing a modification of the meansfor engaging and lifting the.

cover.

Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation of Figure 8. The tubular body 5 of thecan may be circular or of any other suitable form, and

is provided with a flan ed bottom 6, the flange being indicated at Inthe instance shown, the bottom 6 is connected vwith the body 5 by adouble seam 8. I Theg'upper end or rim of the body 5 is formed with theusual rounded head or roll 9, and removably seated on said head is acover 10. The portion of the cover 10 that engages the head 9constitutes a rim-engaging seat 12 that liesbetween a shoulder 13 and aflange 14 of the cover. The edge of the flange 14 may be finished with abead or roll 15. The outside diameter of the shoulder 13;is slightlyless than the inside- -diameter of the flange 7 so that the'bottom of asimilarly constructed can will fi t'over the shoulde'r'13 and rest onthe seat 12, as

in Fig. 1, thus enabling the cans to be readily stacked one onanotherfor 'shippin and storing. The cover 10 is downwardly ished, as indicatedat 16, and is provided on the dished portion with a suitable handle 17.The dishing of the cover is sufli'cient to permit the handle 17 to becontained between the cover and the bottom of the other can a that isseated on the cover, as clearly'shown in Figure 2. To increase theclearance between the handle of the can-below and the bottom of the canabove, if desired, the bottom 6 of the can maybe recessed upwardly, asindicated at 18.

' Fastening devices are provided for detachably retaining the cover inplace on the can body and such devices may be variously constructedatthe time that the cover is stamped, the devices preferably beingproduced by a punching or pressing operation. In Figures 1 and 2 areillustrated fastening devices constituted b inwardly projecting cover.The punches 19 are'formed by indentations in the flange 14 just beneaththe The fastening evices hold t e cover se-' ourely enough for ship'p'and to prevent displacement of the cover y dogs or other.

'90 punches or beads 19 m the flange 14 of the animals. In Fig. 5 thepunch 191 is continuous to form an inwardl rounded bead extending.entire y around the lid flan In Fl g ure 3 the fastening devices for theprojecting cover are constituted b punches which form tongues 20 outfrom .t e flange along three edges of the tongie and pressed or stampedinwardly from lie beneath the bead 9, the tongues extende cover-flange14 so as to.

in g at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the can and the upperedges of the tongues engaging the under side of the bead 9.v The bead 9being rounded enables the tongues to slip past said bead when the cover.is applied or removed.

In Figure 4 the fastening devices are constituted byinwardly extendingpunches which form rounded or convex projections 21 that are cut fromthe flange 14 along the upper margins of the projections and are punchedinwardly so that the upper edges of the projections engage the underside of tions the rounded character of the punches and bead result inthe cover being yield in 1 held in closed position.

. e foregoing described fastening de- .vices or any other suitablecooperating means on the cover and can body may be employed fordetachably securing the cover in lace. it the present time shippersoflard and similar substances are employing cans" of the typemanufactured more especially and used for holding garbage. In fact,garbage cans are purchased and the lard or other I chased for thepurpose of holding Such cans of the usual construetmn cannot substancesplaced in .them and shipped. After the substance has been disposed of atretail, the can is sold and is generally purbe readily stacked, one u 11another, because -of thepresence of e handle on the covers of..the cans.By the construction above described,.the covers can be rovided withhandles and such handles wil not interfere with the stacking of thecans. When these cans have been relieved oftheir contents, they can besold for the purpose of holding garbage and, if the pur. aser desires,he may press the dished-p0 ion 16 of the cover upwardl so as toeliminate the dishing in order t atrain will not collect on the cover incase of the'can being used for garbage and positioned out of doors, as

. is customary.

From the foregoing it will be clear that the can, constructed as abovedescribed,is

yery simple,'and is superior in several respects to the cans at resentemployed for holding lard and the like, since cans of this constructioncan be stacked one upon another without danger of toppling over andsince the covers are temporarily secured in place. This securing of thecovers has the with a bail 22 which is connected at its opposite ends bybearings 23 to the side wall of the can. One end of the bail 22- isextended to form an arm 24 which may be angular, as shown- In-thisinstance the arm 24 is parallel with 'the bail and is longer than thedistance between the adjacent bearing 23 and the edge of the can whenthecover rests on the seat 12 with the punches 19 engaging beneath the bead9. Thus, when the bail 22 is in its lowered position as in Figure 1, thearm 24 is not in engagement with the cover but, when the bail 22 israised into substantially -a vertical position, as would result inpicking up the can by the bail, the arm 24 engages the cover and forcesthe same upwardlyto loosen it from the can body, so that the cover canbe readily removed. As seen in Figure 1, when the bail 22 is lowered,the arm 24 hugs the side of the can so that, as the bail is raised, saidarm will not fail to enga e the cover. To secure this result the bail 1ssprung to normally hold its ends toward each other when the bail is inlowered position as in Figure 1 and, as the bail springs into positionto engage and force upwardl the cover, thearm 24 is forced outwardly yengagement with theside of the can, thus. slightly spreadlng the bail.If thecover were not yieldingly held in place, it couldv be easilyremoved by simply raising it by the handle, but being so held, therovision of the arm 24 enables the cover to e forced 0 en with little orno exertion on the part of t e operator.

inga modificatlon of the means for engaging and liftin the cover, thebail is indi- Now referrin to Figures 8 and 9, showcated at 25 an isconnected by bearings 26 lar to the arm 24 except' that the arm 27extends at an angle to the ail so that when the bail is moved from aposition on the near side of the can in Figure 8 into vertical position,the arm 27 'willnot engage the can cover. However, the arm 27 is longerthan i the distance between the bearing 26 and the. edge of the cover,'when the cover is tightly closed, and thus, if the bail 25 be swungdownwardly from its vertical position toward the far side of the can inFigure 8, the

to the side wall of the can. One end of the .bail 25 is extended to forman arm 27, similoosen it so that it can be readily removed.

The construction of the bail 22 and arm 24 in Figures 6 and? will bepreferable if the can is to be usedfor holding garbage, since the lidwill be automatically loosened when the bail is raised into verticalposition by the garbage collector as he lifts the can to carry it to thegarbage-disposal truck. The construction shown'in Figures'8 and 9 willbe preferable when the cans are employed in transporting laid and othersubstances since, desirable to loosen the covers whenthe can is beingcarried by the hail from place to place.

in handling the cans, it is un- 1 claim: A can having a the body of thecan,

havi'n an arm atone end to bear against bail being sprung to 'eredposition and said arm being 'force the can as the bail 1s swung intoposition to en age and force upwardly the cover.

igned at Los'Angeles, 23d day of March, 1 923.

SIGMUND flanged cover fitting over I and a bail for the can California,this EREY. I

the. e ge of the cover flange when the bail. is moved to position toraise said arm, said I normally hold itsends toward each other when thebail is in low

